Although rock is not dead in Alice Cooper’s vision, the singer highlighted the lack of rock and roll attitude necessary to reach the standards of the genre.
As with other musical genres, rock has undergone changes in recent years and according to alice cooperthe artists of this new generation do not sound “dangerous”, lacking a bold and charged attitude, which goes from the name of the band to the way they dress.
In a new interview with vulturehe praised the Nirvanabut he showed all his fury against names that emerged recently like Vampire Weekend It is tame Impala.
I think about Armas e Rosasat the Motley Crue and not aerosmith and there is something extreme, something dangerous there. When I think of tame ImpalaI say: who wants to be called tame Impala? Are you a rock band?”
Admitting that the guys Vampire Weekend “They’re really good at what they do,” Cooper added, “I watched them on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and expected to see vampires. But they arrive with two keyboards and [camisetas] pole. If they were covered in blood, I would understand. But when I saw what they were doing, I just thought: what a waste of a name”. He continued: “I’m just saying don’t put them in the same category as the The Who or the Yardbirds. Rock has to have attitude, it has to have a base, and these bands don’t have that”.
And one more time, Cooper remembered the lines of Gene Simmonsvocalist of KISS, who insists that rock is dead”: And I say: no! ‘Rock is where it should be’. We used to stay on top of the mountain. Now, young bands are on the outside looking in. We weren’t invited to the party.”
However, the singer believes that staying out of the big music events is something that can do rock and roll good: “They are no longer the favorite child. This is a good place for young bands. You can be the kid who got kicked out of the classroom.”
Source: Rollingstone
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